tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92468522024-03-12T22:38:15.219-07:00Ballard AvenueWe live in Ballard. You would if you could.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.comBlogger733125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-59820333816820185402010-02-24T20:21:00.000-08:002010-02-24T20:22:40.207-08:00There's a new gizmo in town...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/4385939079/" title="iMac21.5in by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4385939079_85e8243b72.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="iMac21.5in" /></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;">...and oh, how productive we'll be. There might even be more posts here!</span></span></div>Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-13140846675280212592010-01-06T10:25:00.000-08:002010-01-06T10:25:00.621-08:00While we were out: Bees do it<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/4236427292/" title="Bee by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4236427292_c5024f29dd_o.jpg" alt="Bee" height="400" width="533" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />Sadly, we have no pictures of educated fleas doing it.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-10203106217826100252010-01-04T03:33:00.000-08:002010-01-04T14:59:15.292-08:00While we were out: Birds do it (sorta)<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/4236430462/" title="Osprey by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/4236430462_49d9ff0cce_o.jpg" alt="Osprey" height="400" width="533" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />Last spring a pair of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey">osprey</a> built a nest on the south tower of the <a href="http://ballardavenue.blogspot.com/2006/01/coming-home.html">Salmon Bay railroad bridge</a>. They didn't seem to mind the noisy trains and appreciated the salmon run in the Ship Canal below. We watched to see if there would be little bundles of osprey joy in the summer, but no such luck. They flew off elsewhere in the fall.<br /><br />A friend who knows about such things thinks our osprey were adolescent birds who weren't quite ready for parenthood. But since osprey tend to mate for life and return to the same nest year after year, perhaps we'll have wee little ospreys dive bombing the sockeye next summer. Perhaps we'll then have a better camera to get some pix of them, too.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-48177252762655536982010-01-01T22:10:00.000-08:002010-01-03T15:33:02.729-08:00While we were out: Ashton got busy at his dish<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/4236426236/" title="Ashton at dinner by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/4236426236_4536d95cf2_o.jpg" alt="Ashton at dinner" height="533" width="533" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />Ashton is a big boy and loves his dinner.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-81449277925857025182009-12-28T21:14:00.000-08:002009-12-28T22:25:38.530-08:00Please stay tuned<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NewDdeIa8D4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NewDdeIa8D4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Please stay tuned.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-35697280836700381422009-01-05T20:18:00.000-08:002009-01-05T20:22:26.439-08:00Danny Boy<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R_XJFp5JXpk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R_XJFp5JXpk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />You want some a capella harmony? Well, you can't go wrong with three Welshmen. <span><br /></span>Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-59160973980425803052009-01-03T10:54:00.000-08:002009-01-03T10:54:00.400-08:00Big leaf<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3129335612/" title="Big leaf by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3129335612_fc684ebaeb_o.jpg" alt="Big leaf" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />Back from the beach, Carkeek Park is the Land of the Bigleaf Maple. How big is that leaf? That's a size 6 shoe.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-61105161198160442952009-01-02T09:56:00.000-08:002009-01-02T09:56:03.655-08:00Some more cold feet<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3128507019/" title="Carkeek fishermen by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/3128507019_1e6f68eb2b_o.jpg" alt="Carkeek fishermen" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />We caught these fellows trying to catch a salmon or two the same day we saw the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=9246852&postID=4380265144571839928">kayakers</a>. Maybe we should add four more cold feet to the day's total.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-8834959500151054302008-12-31T21:15:00.000-08:002008-12-31T21:15:16.170-08:00Auld Lang Syne<object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LdlN6Mc2iYA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LdlN6Mc2iYA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />The barbershop quartet Premiere hung up their tight chords in 2006, but got back together in 2008 for a tribute to their mentor, Freddie King. They said goodbye with this very nice performance of Auld Lang Syne.<br /><br />Happy New Year to you all.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-43802651445718399282008-12-31T15:08:00.000-08:002008-12-31T15:08:00.291-08:00Cold feet<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3129334960/" title="Kayakers by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/3129334960_f710aa5658_o.jpg" alt="Kayakers" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />We saw these kayakers off Carkeek Park in early December. Sea kayakers are pretty hardcore. These must be the fourteen coldest feet south of Nome.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-50677212049435620232008-12-29T14:58:00.000-08:002008-12-29T14:58:00.415-08:00The house where the Fiats used to rust<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3135606577/" title="The house where the Fiats lived by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/3135606577_9dac2fdef5_o.jpg" alt="The house where the Fiats lived" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />Remember the <a href="http://ballardavenue.blogspot.com/2008/07/where-fiats-used-to-rust.html">house</a> where the <a href="http://ballardavenue.blogspot.com/2006/09/free-fiat.html">Fiats</a> used to rust? The remodeling has come along nicely. At first, the small scale of the remodel was a little surprising. Over the past few years, similar remodels around here have been gargantuan in ambition, cost, and size. Given that the country is now making a rough transition to a reality-based economy, this modest remodel probably makes much more sense.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-65089927946768715072008-12-28T14:55:00.000-08:002008-12-28T14:55:00.206-08:00Drip, drip, drip<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SWtfi9HRHpg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SWtfi9HRHpg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />After more than a week of winter wonderland, this was something good to see.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-57986595701937717412008-12-27T01:17:00.000-08:002008-12-27T07:18:11.433-08:00Sunset Hill snowman<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3136431120/" title="Sunset Hill Snowman by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/3136431120_0064b14966_o.jpg" alt="Sunset Hill Snowman" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />Classicists that we are, we like a proper three-snowball snowman with carrot nose. But, alas, his eyes didn't survive the warming temperatures.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-40279143156188040302008-12-26T13:04:00.000-08:002008-12-26T13:04:00.117-08:00Chicago-style<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3135605951/" title="Chicago-style by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/3135605951_5abb171e7a_o.jpg" alt="Chicago-style" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >photo by Ballard Avenue</span><br /><br />There's <a href="http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php?title=when_the_moon_hits_your_eye_deep_dish_pi&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1">Chicago-style pizza</a>, <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/24/cnn-poll-blagojevich-named-naughtiest-pol-of-2008/">Chicago-style politics</a>, and Chicago-style sidewalk shoveling. Lookit dose square corners and dey's no snow 'r ice anywherez. Dissis duh bes'!Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-86605064695804612582008-12-26T07:45:00.000-08:002008-12-26T07:45:00.577-08:00Too many pianists<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7lgF7cAO124&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7lgF7cAO124&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />If you'll indulge us in one more bit of Christmas music, here's six hands performing a four hands arrangement of "Sleigh Ride."Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-22721863155306735692008-12-25T01:41:00.000-08:002008-12-25T01:41:00.482-08:00Christmas<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XBDQn8bad98&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XBDQn8bad98&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />In the Bleak Midwinter<br />arr. Harold Darke<br /><br />The choir of Hereford Cathedral<br /><br /><a href="http://ballardavenue.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-know-my-redeemer-liveth.html">Here</a> you will find a lovely performance of the more well-known arrangement by Gustav Holst.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-60235390504709847722008-12-24T16:39:00.000-08:002008-12-24T16:39:01.239-08:00Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cC9o4oYMIqI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cC9o4oYMIqI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Judy Garland<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Meet Me in St Louis</span>Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-49029652425979356732008-12-24T08:55:00.000-08:002008-12-24T18:42:34.730-08:00Shaggy heads ahead<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3128507591/" title="Closed by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3128507591_52322b8f4f_o.jpg" alt="Closed" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />"If it snows the shop will be closed. I can't get up the hill.<br />Thanks, Gene"<br /><br />Gene's got the barber shop next to Walter's Cafe and he's been keeping much of Sunset Hill well-groomed for a long time, but unless the snow melts, there'll be some shaggy-looking fellows at Christmas dinners this year.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-52081616478348601162008-12-23T09:40:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:40:00.376-08:00Jingle Bells and Happy Christmas<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rZbKCF2ECTQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rZbKCF2ECTQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The accordionists name is Lillo, and he seems to be the nicest guy.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-43362484875125332112008-12-23T06:32:00.000-08:002008-12-23T06:32:00.967-08:00Warning! Frozen toes ahead!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3129338416/" title="Blow-up Santa by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3129334754/" title="Red sockies by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/3129334754_3c4f35d37c_o.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Red sockies" /></a></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />Continuing our efforts to be the news source you trust for <a href="http://ballardavenue.blogspot.com/2006/02/lost-shirt.html">lost</a>-<a href="http://ballardavenue.blogspot.com/2005/04/lost-bootie.html">clothing</a>-in-<a href="http://ballardavenue.blogspot.com/2008/05/breaking-news-red-glove.html">Ballard</a> stories, we're proud to run this exclusive on the lost sockies of 32nd Avenue. If they're yours, you better get over there before the next snowfall buries them.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-50634123789973767892008-12-22T21:28:00.000-08:002008-12-22T21:30:59.322-08:00Frozen flamingos<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballard-avenue/3129464343/" title="snowy flamingos by BallardAvenue, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/3129464343_812ce54012_o.jpg" alt="snowy flamingos" height="450" width="600" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ballard Avenue</span></span><br /><br />We've had a week of real winter, as evidenced by this flock of frozen flamingos wishing they'd not listened to Uncle Sven and instead stayed in Florida.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-4261557237849771632008-12-22T06:57:00.000-08:002008-12-22T06:57:00.712-08:00Es Ist ein' Ros' Entsprungen<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wYsSZqws1jY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wYsSZqws1jY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />performed by Ensemble D.E.U.M.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-32646241420654897072008-12-21T03:28:00.000-08:002008-12-21T03:28:00.534-08:00Fourth Sunday in Advent<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NiYPCEmo5rQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NiYPCEmo5rQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Vom Himmel Hoch, O Englein Kommt<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">F</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >rom heaven high, O angels, come,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Eya! eya! Susani, susani, susani.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Come music, song, come pipe and drum,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Alleluia, alleluia.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Of Jesus sing and Maria.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Let every instrument join in,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Eya! eya! Susani, susani, susani.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Bring lute and harp and violin,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Alleluia, alleluia.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Of Jesus sing and Maria.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><br />Fritz Wunderlich, tenor, and Hermann Prey, baritone<br /><br />Grundig TK 126 tape recorder c. 1970.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-84491933492715497942008-12-14T11:22:00.000-08:002008-12-14T11:22:00.378-08:00Third Sunday in Advent<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WQrH5k4QqRE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WQrH5k4QqRE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Continuing the Swedish theme, here is a performance of "O helga nått." Don't let the long length of the clip discourage you. The last couple of minutes are well-deserved curtain calls. The unidentified singers are from the <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.vadstena-akademien.org/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvadstena%2Bacademy%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff">Vadstena Academy</a>, a music school that focuses its attention on little-known operas from the past as well as newly-commissioned work.Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246852.post-37522382399653213182008-12-07T13:24:00.000-08:002008-12-13T23:30:32.051-08:00St. Lucia Day<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mk0FyZqNp5Q&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mk0FyZqNp5Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />December 13 is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lucia_Day">St. Lucia Day</a>. The girl representing St. Lucia needs good posture and poise under pressure, and there should be a fire extinguisher nearby.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hark! through the darksome night<br />Sounds come a winging:<br />Lo! 'tis the Queen of Light<br />Joyfully singing.<br />Clad in her garment white,<br />Wearing her crown of light,<br />Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia!<br /><br />Deep in the northern sky<br />Bright stars are beaming;<br />Christmas is drawing nigh<br />Candles are gleaming.<br />Welcome thou vision rare,<br />Lights glowing in thy hair.<br />Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia!</span>Ballard Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754884979588125382noreply@blogger.com0